{"id":19,"date":"2009-03-25T00:06:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T07:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billselak.com\/educ448\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2011-12-31T16:43:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T23:43:56","slug":"week8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.billselak.com\/educ448\/quarter\/week8","title":{"rendered":"Week 8: Measurement Strand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Measurement in the Early Childhood Curriculum<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hmFzHg-n0hA?rel=0&amp;hd=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ztVrxjJ9Xk?rel=0&amp;hd=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0Communication Items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit the Burns assignment in Dropbox.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.\u00a0Chapter Presentation Group Meeting.\u00a0The first hour of class will be spent on meeting with your group to prepare for your presentation.\u00a0 You should be actively involved in planning: working on some aspect of your presentation (outline, content area, visual, activity, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter information must presented thoroughly<\/li>\n<li>Each members of the group must participate in the presentation<\/li>\n<li>Visual portion of presentation shows group effort \u2013 neatness<\/li>\n<li>Activity presented reinforces chapter content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. Measurement Strand<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NCTM Standards<\/li>\n<li>Use of the calendar<\/li>\n<li>Measurement tools (standard and non-standard units)<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindresearch.net\/video\/demo.html\">Play the penguin estimating fractions game<\/a> to learn about measuring.<\/ul>\n<div id=\"__ss_2627302\" style=\"width: 425px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"font: 14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; display: block; margin: 12px 0 3px 0; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"8 Measurement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/billselak\/8-measurement\">8 Measurement<\/a><object style=\"margin: 0px;\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=8measurement-091201171059-phpapp02&amp;stripped_title=8-measurement\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed style=\"margin: 0px;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=8measurement-091201171059-phpapp02&amp;stripped_title=8-measurement\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;\">View more <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">presentations<\/a> from <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/billselak\">Bill<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>4. Chapter 7, Young Child<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Measurement in the Early Years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/downloads\/macosx\/productivity_tools\/coolbigclock.html\">CoolBigClock<\/a> is a (shareware) application that can be set to chime on the hour. Using this in the classroom brings an awareness to how long an hour really is.<br \/>\n5. Activity Centers (timed)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/billselak.com\/educ448\/docs\/measurementgames.pdf\">What\u2019s in Your Hand?<\/a> (Fill out the <a href=\"http:\/\/billselak.com\/educ448\/docs\/measurementgames.pdf\">form<\/a> as you participate in this activity. We\u00a0will use the information in another activity)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/billselak.com\/educ448\/docs\/measurementgames.pdf\">\u201cFlicking Footballs\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Non-standard measuring\n<ul>\n<li>Non-standard measuring (multiple duplicate, iteration)<\/li>\n<li>Standard measuring (measuring tape)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"venn diagram\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venn_diagram\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/37\/Venn%27s_four_ellipse_construction.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"venn diagram\" width=\"142\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Data Analysis and Probability Strand (pose questions and gather data, classify according to attributes, parts of sets and data, likely and unlikely)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:425px;text-align:left\" id=\"__ss_3251688\"><a style=\"font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/billselak\/nctm-data-analysis\" title=\"NCTM Data Analysis\">NCTM Data Analysis<\/a><object style=\"margin:0px\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=8dataanalysis-100222210356-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=nctm-data-analysis\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=8dataanalysis-100222210356-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=nctm-data-analysis\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;\">View more <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">presentations<\/a> from <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/billselak\">Bill<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>7. Why Graph? (Handout)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who can benefit from graphing<\/li>\n<li>Three stages of graphing (preschool \u2013 kindergarten)<\/li>\n<li>Real graphs \u2013 graphing basket on graphing mat<\/li>\n<li>Picture graphs \u2013 use individual\u00a0 pictures from photographer<\/li>\n<li>Abstract graphs \u2013 the use of \u201cx\u201d to represent<\/li>\n<li>Use different perspectives in graphing (top\/bottom, bottom\/top, left\/right, circle (pie-graph)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTalking\u201d graphs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8. Ideas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual graphing bags (pasta, beans, buttons, fabric scrapes, shells, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Take-home counting books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>9. Construct Your Own Graphs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Line Plot (class information on one attribute \u2013 domino)<\/li>\n<li>Use the data you collected from the What\u2019s in Your Hand activity. Construct a Double Bar Graph \u2013 use data from all five \u201cfingers\u201d to compare estimated amount to actual amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Journal<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When a child hears the comment, \u201cJust a minute\u201d, how do you think he, or she, is interpreting the measurement of time?\u00a0 Explain what \u201cJust a minute\u201d means to you. How do these two perspectives differ? 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